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Iran's military industry has taken great strides in the past 25 years, and now manufactures many types of sophisticated arms and equipment. Iranian officials say that, as of 2006, Iran had exported weapons to 57 countries, including NATO members, . They also say the country sold $100 million worth of military equipment in 2003.
History
Iran's military industry was born under the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In assembly lines established by American firms such as Bell, Litton and Northrop, Iranian workers put together airplanes, helicopters, guided missiles, electronic components and tanks.
In 1973, the Iran Electronics Industries (IEI) was founded to organize efforts to assemble and repair foreign-delivered weapons. Nevertheless, most of Iran's weapons before the Islamic revolution were imported from the United States and Europe. Between 1971 and 1975, the Shah went on a buying spree, ordering $8 billion in weapons from the United States alone. This alarmed the United States Congress, which strengthened a 1968 law on arms exports in 1976 and renamed it the Arms Export Control Act. Still, the United States continued to sell large amounts of weapons to Iran until the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
In 1979, the Iranian Defense Industries Organization took the first step into military industry by reverse engineering Soviet RPG-7, BM21, and SAM-7 missiles. In 1977, the organization also began to work on missiles jointly with Israel in Project Flower and requested a joint missile development program with the United States which was rejected.
After the Islamic revolution and the start of the Iran-Iraq War, economic sanctions and an international arms embargo led by the United States coupled with a high demand for military hardware forced Iran to rely on its domestic arms industry for weapons and spare parts. The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps was put in charge of re-organising the domestic military industry. Under their command Iran's military industry was dramatically expanded, and with the Ministry of Defence pouring in investment into the missile industry, Iran soon had an arsenal of missiles.
Defense production
The following partial list represents weapons systems that Iran manufactures domestically.
Air Force equipment
Fighter aircraft and varieties
- Azarakhsh - one-seat fighter aircraft, and combat capable trainer.
- Saegheh 80 - fighter aircraft. An alternative designation for this aircraft is 'Owaz'.
- Shafaq - advanced light fighter/trainer.
Transport
- Iran 140 - copy of Soviet Antonov An-140
- TU-334 - with dual civilian and military use- note currently under joint construction with Russia and does not have a prototype yet
Other fixed wing
- Parasto - propeller-driven training aircraft. Reverse engineered Beech F33 Bonanza.
- Dorna - training aircraft
- JT2-2 Tazarv - third generation of the Dorna mentioned above.
Helicoptors and rotary aircraft
- Panha 2091 - a reverse engineered and upgraded AH-1 Cobra.
- Shabaviz 2061 - a reverse-engineered and upgraded Bell 206 JetRanger.
- Shabaviz 275 - a reverse-engineered and upgraded Bell 205.
- Shahed 274
Unmanned aerial vehicles
- Ababil
- Mohajer I/II/III/IV
- Sahand UAV
- Faraz I
- Faraz II
- Sabokbal
Aircraft upgrades and components
- Iran claims to have upgraded its US-made F-4, F-5, and F-14 fighter jets, and produced space parts including tires, avionics, and engine components.
- F-5 Upgrades:
- Simorgh - An upgrade from from F-5A to F-5B
- F-5 Upgrades:
Ordinance and other systems
- Qadr - copy of U.S. Mk 84 electro-optically guided glide-bomb
- Zoobin - copy of U.S. M-117 bomb electro-optically guided glide-bomb
Missiles
Surface-to-surface missile(SSM)
Strategic SSM
Intermediate range (IRBM)
Intermediate range missiles are considered to have a range between 3000 and 5500 kilometers.
- Ghadr-110 - two-stage solid-propellant strategic IRBM with a range of 3,000 km
Medium range (MRBM)
Medium range missiles are considered to have a range between 1000 and 3000 kilometers.
- Shahab-3 - strategic MRBM with a range of 2,100 km. Initially based on Nodong-1
- Fajr-3 - triple-warhead MRBM
Tactical SSM
Short range (SRBM)
Short range missiles are considered to have a range up to 1000 kilometers.
- Shahab-2 - tactical SRBM with a range of 750 km copy of Soviet SS-1d/Scud-C
- Shahab-1 - tactical SRBM with a range of 350 km. copy of Soviet SS-1c/Scud-B
- Fateh-110 - single-stage solid-propellant SRBM with a range of 200 km
- Zelzal-3
- Zelzal-2 - single-stage solid-propellant SRBM with a range of 200 km
- Zelzal-1
- Fajr-5 - artillery rocket
- Fajr-3 - artillery rocket
- Fajr-2 - artillery rocket
- Oghab - artillery rocket
Anti-tank missiles
- Toophan 1
- Toophan 2
- Toophan 3
- Raad - reverse engineered and upgraded copy of Soviet AT-3 Sagger
- Towsan 1 - copy of Soviet AT-5 Spandrel
- RPG-7 Iran is forecast to manufacture 2.88 percent of the worlds RPG-7's by 2014.
- Saegheh - improved version of the RPG-7
Surface-to-air missile (SAM)
Man-Portable Air-Defence System (MANPAD)
- Misagh-2
- Misagh-1 - copy of Chinese QW-1 Vanguard
- SA-7 Grail - copy of Soviet SA-7
Land Based SAM - anti aircraft missile
- Hawk missile - copy of U.S. MIM-23 Hawk converted to be carried by aircraft
- Sayyad-1 - copy of Chinese SA-2
- Shahab Thaqeb - copy of the Chinese HQ-7 missile system
- Saeqeh
Other air-defence systems
- Fajr-27 - rapid fire cannon
Air-to-surface missile or Air-to-ground missile (ASM) or (AGM)
- Qadr - electro-optically guided bomb
- Zoobin - an M117 bomb
- Sattar - laser guided
Air-to-air missile
- Fatter - sidewinder lookalike
- Sedjil - air to air version of air to surface HAWK
Army equipment
Tanks
- Tosan MBT
- Zulfiqar MBT
- Safir-74 - copy of Soviet T-55 with indigenous upgrades
- T-72S - copy of Soviet T-72
Armoured personnel carrier
- Cobra BMT-2
- BM2-2 - copy of Soviet BMP-2
- Boragh - copy of Soviet BMP-1 with indigenous upgrades
- Sayyad
- BTR-60 - upgraded copy of Soviet BTR-60
- Rakhsh - 4x4 Wheeled APC
Artillery
Infantry Equipment
Pistols
- PC9 - combat pistol
Sub Machine Guns
- MPT-9 - Tondar Sub-Machine Gun 9mm copy of MP5 (H & K licenced production)
Assault Rifles
- KH-2002 - 5.56mm bullpup rifle that is derived from the M-16
- S-5.56 - copy of M-16
- KL-7.62 - copy of AKM (unlicensed production)
- G3A6 - copy of G3 7.62 mm (H & K licenced production)
Machine Guns
- MGA3 - copy of MG3 7.62 mm (Rheinmetal licenced production)
- PKM-T80 - copy of Soviet PKM
- MGD-12.7mm - copy of Soviet DShK (Dooshka)
Sniper Rifles
- Nakhjir - copy of Soviet SVD
Misc
- Gas masks
- Bullet Proof Vests
Naval equipment
Destroyers
- Mowj
Frigates
- Sina-1
Submarines
- Ghadir
- Sabehat-15
- Nahang
Patrol craft
Naval missiles
Naval torpedoes
- Hoot - copy of Russian VA-111 Shkval
Electronics
- Fire control system - for T-72 MBTs
- Radio transceivers - copy of U.S. models
- Training simulators - for aircraft and tanks
- Hasib radar
- Basir-110 AD radar
- HMS-100/200/400/500 - electro-optical surveillance systems
- Imaging camera - for satellites
- Laser detector
- Night vision systems
See also
- Military of Iran
- Iran's missile forces
- Current Equipment of the Iranian Army
- Iran Aviation Industries Organization
- Defense Industries Organization (DIO)
- Iran Electronics Industries (IEI)
- Economy of Iran
External links
Notes
- [http://www.nti.org/e_research/profiles/Iran/Missile/1788_1789.html NTI:Missile Chronology: 1960-1984]
- GlobalSecurity.org Azarakhsh (Lightning)
- GlobalSecurity.org - Tazarv (Eagle) / Thunder / Tondar / Dorna / Dorneh
- Payvand - Iranian Air Force Highly Equipped
- http://www.pakistanidefenceforum.com/lofiversion/index.php/t57959.html
- GlobalSecurity.org - Tazarv (Eagle) / Thunder / Tondar / Dorna / Dorneh
- Payvand - Iranian Air Force Highly Equipped
- GlobalSecurity.org - Parastu
- GlobalSecurity.org - Tazarv (Eagle) / Thunder / Tondar / Dorna / Dorneh
- Payvand - Iranian Air Force Highly Equipped
- GlobalSecurity.org - Tazarv (Eagle) / Thunder / Tondar / Dorna / Dorneh
- GlobalSecurity.Org - Simorgh F-5 Upgrade
- http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iran/qadr.htm
- http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iran/qadr.htm
- http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/iran/missile/shahab-2.htm] FAS: Shahab-2
- Janes Defence - Fadjr-5 artillery rocket ystem gets new chassis
- "In the late 1980s, the North Korean-produced 240mm M-1985 multiple rocket launcher (MRL) was exported to Iran and subsequently produced under license (with minor changes) by Shahid Bagheri Industries as the Fajr-3 (a.k.a., Fadjr-3)." Vital Perspective (2006), "Military Briefing on Hezbollah's Missile Capabilities: Examining the Fajr, Zelzal". URL accessed 2006-08-02.
- "Fajr-3 has the same caliber, range and warhead weight as three known North Korean systems." GlobalSecurity.org (2006), "Iranian Artillery Rockets". URL accessed 2006-08-02.
- http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/iran/parchin.htm
- http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,216070,00.html
- http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/27/content_5145842.htm
- FAS Military Analysis Network - C-802
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